Monthly Archives: June 2018
Capcom Registers Devil May Cry 5 Domain Name
Capcom has registered a domain name for Devil May Cry 5, suggesting an E3 reveal could be on the way.
The news comes from a DMC Discord server (via ResetEra), which spotted the domain name registered by a third party company, GMO Internet Group. It suggests that an E3 reveal of the title could be imminent.
GMO has registered other domains on Capcom's behalf, including Monster Hunter: World, Resident Evil 7 and, more recently, updated the Resident Evil 2 domain name.
Pokémon’s Snorlax Is Based on a Real Person
It's a question which has haunted us for decades - what is Snorlax? Is he a bear, a cat or maybe a sleeping God? Well, finally we have the answer. Pokémon's lovable, large lump is modelled after a real person who works at developer Game Freak.
According to Pokémon art director Ken Sugimori, Snorlax is inspired by veteran Pokémon game designer Kōji Nishino.
, with this
appearance, was the model for the Snorlax Pokémon,” Sugimori told Japanese newspaper Yomiuri . “Though, he’s abnormally fussy about cute things.”
Here's what the two look like side-by-side:
Australia’s Broadband Chief Blames Gamers For Wireless Problems
The Chief Executive of Australia's National Broadband Network, Bill Morrow, has suggested that gamers have predominantly contributed to wireless congestion problems across the country.
According to ABC, Morrow told a committee at a parliamentary hearing in Sydney: "While people are gaming it is a high bandwidth requirement that is a steady streaming process."
As a result of this assessment, the National Broadband Network Co (or NBN) is considering "slowing down or limiting downloads for users during peak times", and the users that would be affected by this policy are expected to be "gamers predominantly."
Amazon Launches New Comic Line Through Digital Publisher ComiXology
Amazon is launching four new titles through its digital comics platform ComiXology.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new projects are Savage Game, a sci-fi Dr. Moreau style story created by NFL player Ryan Kalil, co-written by Shawn Kittelsen, with art from Chris B. Murray; Superfreaks, a tale of teenage superhero sidekicks written by Elsa Charretier and Pierrick Colinet, and art from Margaux Saltel making her series debut; the continuation of long-running series Elephantmen 2261: The Death of Shorty, created and written by Richard Starkings with art by Axel Medellin and Boo Cook; and Ask For Mercy, also from Starkings but art this time coming from Abigail Jill Harding.
How Star Trek Online Continues the Legacy of Classic Trek
When Star Trek’s Original Series first aired in the 1960s, one theme was a constant – the theme of looking to the future. Roddenberry’s utopian vision of the future centred itself around the philosophy of working to better oneself and the rest of humanity, about looking ahead to the future, rather than languishing in the mistakes of the past. Of course, it wasn’t about forgetting those mistakes - it was about learning from them, and moving onwards.
This theme was carried right through The Next Generation (TNG) era shows and films. They all looked to the future; to the continuing evolution and betterment of humanity.
Things changed upon the release of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2001, which began a trend of producers and writers choosing to focus on a period of time before The Original Series (TOS). Enterprise and the currently airing Discovery are both set in the Prime timeline, before the events of TOS, while the J.J. Abrams produced films are all set parallel to the Original Series, but in the entirely new Kelvin timeline. The chance of a series or film that is set in the post-TNG time period being produced is beginning to look very slim indeed.
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Evolve Dedicated Servers Shutting Down in September
Evolve will see its dedicated servers and in-game shop close on September 3.
According to an announcement on 2K's official support site, the multiplayer-only Evolve Stage 2 will have its virtual currency bundles removed from purchase on July 2, followed by the shutdown of the in-game store and dedicated servers on September 3.
Peer-to-peer multiplayer will still be available on the PC and console versions of Legacy Evolve, the renamed original game before it was given the free-to-play treatment back in July of 2016. Evolve Stage 2 will be removed on PC.
Food Wars Season 3 Made Its Most Sexualized Character Its Most Profound
Food Wars has a particular reputation for its flamboyant melodrama and hypersexualized food-gasms which may seem problematic, but its reality is a little deeper than that. Beyond this ecchi’s exploding clothing and unbelievable lore lies something really special that so many mediums of entertainment just can’t get right--its ability to tackle traumatic topics that would otherwise be considered taboo through its characters backstories.
If you’re not already caught up with the latest season of Food Wars, we recommend stopping reading now. From this point forward, you’ll be getting a massive helping of spoilers for Food Wars: The Third Plate. This piece also contains open discussion about trauma and abuse. Reader discretion is advised.
How Movie Theaters Are Failing Viewers with Disabilities
This February I went on a Twitter rant about my local Cinemark movie theater after a humiliating encounter I had with management over reserved seating. I use a wheelchair that required a handicap space and my companion needed a seat. The problem? The handicap seats had apparently been reserved online. Once the feature started the adjoining seats were still empty, so I transferred out of my wheelchair into a more comfortable seat than my own. Enter three able-bodied twentysomethings who didn’t just want the seat I was in, but the seat my companion had as well. In the end, it wasn’t me who had a seat, but the able-bodied people who had reserved seats they knew were for the disabled. Why couldn’t going out to see a movie be easy? Because if you’re a person living with disabilities, movie theaters aren’t thinking of you.